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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. L. No. 1299 



THE NEW HAVEN MEETING OF THE 

 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The sessions of the autumn meeting of tte acad- 

 emy were held in the Osborn Zoological Labora- 

 tory, Tale University, on November 10 and 11. 

 The program of scientific papers was as follows: 



MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10 



Morning Session 



Four cliff islands in the coral seas : W. M. Davis. 



Some new theorems in the dynamics of a par- 

 ticle: Edward Kasnee. 



The relative physiological efficiency of spectral 

 lights of equal radiant energy content (by invita- 

 tion) : Henbt Laurens and Henry D. Hooker. 



A study in synthetic paleontology (by invita- 

 tion) : Eichard S. Lull. 



The adjustment to the barometer of the hcemato- 

 respiratory functions in man (by invitation) : 

 Yandell Henderson. 



Development of connective tissue in the amphi- 

 bian embryo (by invitation) : George A. Baitsell. 



Afternoon Session 



A new method for determining the solar con- 

 stant of radiation: C. G. Abbot. 



A kinematic interpretation of electromagnetism 

 (by invitation) : Leigh Page. 



Defects found in drafted men: Charles B. 

 Davenport and Albert G. Love. 



The effect of physical agents on the resistance 

 of mice to cancer (by invitation) : James B. 

 Murphy. 



Some restorations of extinct vertebrates. The 

 great sponge colonies of the Devonian; their origin, 

 rise and appearance : John M. Clarke. 



On the mechanism of fever reduction by drugs 

 (by invitation) : Henry G. Barbour and J. B. 

 Herrmann. 



The Thompson effect from the point of view of 

 dual electric conductivity: Edwin H. Hall. 



TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 



A statistical method for studying the radiations 

 from radioactive substances and the X-rays (by 

 invitation). Alois F. Kovaeik. 



Anatomical changes in the respiratory tract as- 

 sociated with acid insufflation (by invitation) : M. 



C. WiNTERNITZ. 



Experimental pneumonia in monheys (by invi- 

 taJtion) : Francis 6. Blake. 



The extension of the ultra-violet spectrum. The 



effect upon an atom of the passage of am alpha 

 ray through it: E. A. Millikan. 



Leptospira icteroides and yellow fever (by invi- 

 tation) ': HiDEYO NOQUCHI. 



Calculating ancestral influence in man (by invi- 

 tation) : H. H. Laughlin. 



Calcium and magnesium metabolism in certain 

 diseases (by invitation) : Frank P. TJnderhill, 

 James A. Honeij and L. Jean Bogert. 



Reconstruction of the skeleton of the sauropod 

 dinosaur Camarasaurus Cope {Morosaurus Marsh) : 

 Henry Fairfield Osborn and Charles Craig 



MOOK. 



Restoration of camarasaurus and life model 

 (communicated by H. F. Osborn) : William K. 

 Gregory. 



Plato's Atlantis in paleogeography (communi- 

 cated by H. F. Osborn) : William Diller 

 Matthew. 



Afternoon Session 



Lethargic encephalitis and poliomyelitis: Simon 

 Flexner. 



The history of the coral reefs of Tutuila, Samoa. 

 Biographical notice of Dr. Samuel Hubbard 

 Scudder, 1837-1911 (read by title) : A. G. Mayor. 



Changes of land and ocean levels (by invita- 

 tion) : E. A. Daly. 



On hyperplasia of nerve centers resulting from 

 excessive loading (by invitation) : Samuel Ean- 

 dall Detwiler. 



Concentration of the water soluble vitamine of 

 yeast: T. B. Osborne. 



The manner of infection of the white pine by 

 the blister rust, with demonstrations at the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural Experiment Station: (by in- 

 vitation) : G. P. Clinton. 



Certain chemical properties of foods and their 

 relation to nutrition, with demonstrations at the 

 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station: T. 

 B. Osborne and Lafayette B. Mendel. 



Studies upon the life cycles of tlie bacteria (in- 

 troduced by Eaymond Pearl) (read by title) : F. 

 Lohnis. 



Loiver California and its natural resources (in 

 troduced by C. D. Walcott) (read by title) : Ed- 

 ward W. Nelson. 



A recalculation of the atomic weights (read by 

 title) : F. W. Clarke. 



Biographical memoir of Bichmond Mayo-Smith 

 (read by title) : Edwin R. A. Seligman. 



Biographical memoir of Samuel Wendell Willis- 

 ton (read by title) : E. S. Lull. 



Biographical memoir of Charles B. Van Sise 

 (read by title) : Thomas Chowder Chamberlin. 



